Co-sponsored by Tufts University
School of Dental Medicine, Graham Headache Center of Faulkner Hospital, and
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the seminar will be held at Faulkner
Hospital, 1153 Centre St., Jamaica Plain Boston, MassachusettsNovember 14, 2002 at 6:30 – 8:00 pm.Admission is free, but reservations must be
made by e-mail to TMJoints@aol.com or Fax
617-267-9020 with attendees asked to indicate their name, affiliation,
profession, address, e-mail, and telephone number.

Dr.
Murad Padamsee, and Dr. George White will make presentations.
Both are involved in pediatric patient care and research at Tufts Dental
School and in private practice. This is an opportunity for medical and dental
clinicians, researchers, and allied health care professionals to become more
aware of the often baffling clinical signs and symptoms of TMJ in children.By understanding the markers in children,
subtle changes leading to adult TMJ disorders will be better understood or
prevented.Attendees will benefit from
the experience of clinicians involved in children’s oral and craniofacial
health and wellness who will discuss signs, symptoms, and treatment in actual
clinical cases.The Moderator for this
event will be Dr.
Noshir Mehta, Chairman of General Dentistry and Director of the TMJ
Center at Tufts Dental School.

.The
month of November is JAW JOINTS – TMJ
AWARENESS MONTH® a registered trademark of the Jaw Joints & Allied
Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation, Inc. This designation complements an
already existing Congressional Proclamation authored by Milton and Renée Glass, Co-Founders of JJAMD, and read into the
Congressional Record by Congressman Barney Frank in 1997. The Proclamation and
other information about Jaw Joints and TMJ can be found on the Foundation’s
website www. TMJoints.org.Programs
held during the month will help bring appropriate needed awareness to the
importance of healthy jaw joints to the craniofacial complex, to good oral
health, and to total body health.JJAMD’s mission is to foster education on prevention of
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders [TMJ], and to encourage broader
scientifically based TMJ research at the highest level of government, academia,
and research institutes. This will help meld the Dental Community with
the Medical Community, the Insurance Industry, and government in a joint effort
to help the millions of existing TMJ patients, and prevent millions of others
from needlessly falling victim to TMJ through education and better awareness.